I had a great day at Orchid Vale Primary school in Swindon, yesterday. (Once I’d got there, that is! the Traffic round Gloucester was horrendous and then my Sat Nav couldn’t find the school, which is new and and in a new housing district in Swindon. It knew where the school was, but not how to get there. I found a helpful postie who put me right in the end. The hazards of School Visits!)

I worked with KS2 developing Viking Vik stories. In the end we came up with four plots that I was really quite pleased with. It will be interesting to se what comes from them.Ideas and plotting are one thing. actually doing the writing is another! But you don’t need me to tell you that – I should be writing the next Olympia story right now!

Thanks for a great day, everyone, and good luck with OFSTEd when they eventually swoop!